American Hi-Fi is a power pop/alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, best known for their 2001 hit "Flavor of the Weak". To date they have released three studio albums, as well as a live album released only in Japan. The band returned to the studio to record their fourth album in May 2007. According to a radio interview given by the band in 2001, their name came from a chance meeting with Keith Richards at a club. When they mentioned to him that they were looking for a name, he suggested "American Hi-Fi."

In early 2004 and without a backing label, the band headed to Los Angeles to begin work on a new album with producer Butch Walker. The album, Hearts on Parade, was released in Japan on July 14, 2004.
In 2005, American Hi-Fi were signed by Maverick Records, a division of Island. Maverick helped promote the lead single from Hearts on Parade, The Geeks Get the Girls, releasing it as a single for radio airplay and following with a music video in February 2005. American...